[Trends in automation at the ophthalmology clinic]

The authors report on the automation of an ophthalmologic clinic that includes the following steps: a) electronic, information, automation networks in certain departments of the clinic; b) integration of all the important tasks in a system that ensures a certain functional framework to the clinic (electronic clinic); c) inclusion of the ophthalmologic clinic in an all-country information specialty system; d) establishment of international information links in the field of ophthalmology.